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Forget World Series, Yankees Can’t Even Win/Buy Birth into Playoffs

Monday, September 30, 2013 at 5:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Yankees lose again

The New York Yankees have replaced the Dallas Cowboys as the “America’s Team” people love to hate. Of course, Yankees fans would be reveling in this hate if their team were still playing the way it did between 1996 and 2000, when the Yankees won four World Series championships. Instead, they’ve played like such losers since… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Alex Rodgriguez, Derek Jeter, High Payroll Teams, iPINIONS Classics, Mariano Rivera, MLB, Moneyball, New York Yankees, October Failures, Playoffs, Sports Critique, Steinbrenners, Yankees

Yankees Return to Their Losing Ways…

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Yankees lose playoffs to lowly Rangers

On Friday night, the New York Yankees (with a team payroll of $206 million) showed themselves once again to be the biggest and most expensive losers in the history of professional sports. On this occasion, their fabled quest for another World Series title was foiled by the lowly Texas Rangers (with a team payroll of… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Baseball, High Payroll Teams, iPINIONS Classics, MLB, Moneyball, October Collapse, Playoffs, Sports Commentary, Steinbrenners, Yankees

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